Mrs. Stevenson Smith’s English

After spending time “on the edge,” we will be exploring what it takes to “strive for success” in the next thematic unit.

What are you currently “striving for success” in at this time in your life? To get good grades? To be a better person? To get a job? To get a scholarship? To stay in school?

For this Theme Paper, you will read about characters who face many challenges while striving for success even though “success” means something different to each of them. Focus on the characterization of each protagonist. What qualities do they each have that will aid them in striving for success? See your assignment paper for more details.

This Theme Paper will be finished Feb. 17th. Your essay will be due on the same day!

As we finish Chapters 1-5, “thinking rhetorically” should be a habit. As you watch every commercial, TV show, YouTube video,  or read a blog, a Myspace page, or even a book, Aristotle’s Trinity should automatically come to mind as you ask the question, “What is the argument?”

Read carefully the ‘yellow pages’ in the book which includes step-by-step instructions to writing a rhetorical analysis. Continually consider what your Human Experience Argument might be. In the next couple of weeks, you can expect to be doing more writing.

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